In this tale of a killer canine, man's best friend turns into his worst enemy. When sweet St. Bernard Cujo is bitten by a bat, he starts behaving oddly and becomes very aggressive. As Cujo morphs into a dangerous beast, he goes on a rampage in a small town. Stay-at-home mom Donna (Dee Wallace) gets caught in Cujo's crosshairs on a fateful errand with her son, Tad (Danny Pintauro). Stuck in their tiny car, Donna and Tad have a frightening showdown with the crazed animal.

Cujo

In this tale of a killer canine, man's best friend turns into his worst enemy. When sweet St. Bernard Cujo is bitten by a bat, he starts behaving oddly and becomes very aggressive. As Cujo morphs into a dangerous beast, he goes on a rampage in a small town. Stay-at-home mom Donna (Dee Wallace) gets caught in Cujo's crosshairs on a fateful errand with her son, Tad (Danny Pintauro). Stuck in their tiny car, Donna and Tad have a frightening showdown with the crazed animal.

Cujo

Parental Guide

'80s horror movie has some gore, lots of peril.

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Parents need to know that Cujo is a 1983 horror movie based on a Stephen King novel about a St. Bernard that turns into a vicious killer after getting bitten by a bat and turning rabid. Expect more than the occasional blood and gore; a discovered dead body of one of Cujo's victims, and the severe emotional trauma a mother and young son endure while stuck in a Ford Pinto that won't start on an empty farmhouse while a vicious rabid dog tries to kill them, make this best for older teens and adults. Aside from the psychological and physical shock and trauma these characters go through, the movie's subplot, in which a woman is trying to end an extramarital affair before her husband finds out, might not be terribly interesting for those who want less of a slow buildup of tension and more dog attacks. There is occasional profanity, including use of "f--k" during a climactic scene. A man is drunk at the dinner table; there are implications that he's abusive to both his wife and child. There's also a scene in which the "other man" makes unwanted sexual advances toward the woman.

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In this tale of a killer canine, man's best friend turns into his worst enemy. When sweet St. Bernard Cujo is bitten by a bat, he starts behaving oddly and becomes very aggressive. As Cujo morphs into a dangerous beast, he goes on a rampage in a small town. Stay-at-home mom Donna (Dee Wallace) gets caught in Cujo's crosshairs on a fateful errand with her son, Tad (Danny Pintauro). Stuck in their tiny car, Donna and Tad have a frightening showdown with the crazed animal.